Maude Apatow Explains How Twitter Changed Her Life

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"None of my friends really have Twitter. They mainly all have Facebook. I have Facebook too, but I like Twitter more," explains fourteen-year-old high school freshman Maude Apatow. The daughter of Hollywood comedy royalty—writer/director Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann—Maude has become something of a Twitter-lebrity for her funny, honest tweets that cover everything from her feelings about starting high school (ambivalent) to getting her braces off (overjoyed). "I just joined Twitter one day, and within the first week I got 75 followers. I was so excited. Then it just kept going, and now it's like 75,000. It freaks me out sometimes," she says.

In fact, it's more than 83,000 followers and counting. "I used to tweet about people in my grade a lot. Not in a negative way, but just because that's who I'm with all day. And now everyone reads it, so I can't really do that because people will talk about it and say, 'Did you hear Maude tweeted about so-and-so?'"

Of course, the teen is no stranger to the spotlight. Maude has appeared in her dad's movies Knocked Up (the sort-of sequel This Is 40 comes out this Christmas) and Funny People alongside her sister, Iris, and her mom, and she is also a major musical theater enthusiast. "I just love to sing and dance and act," she says. "Being on stage is an amazing feeling."

Maude hopes to eventually follow in the footsteps of her writer, director, and producer dad. "I love writing. I really look up to Lena Dunham, who writes and directs her show [HBO's Girls]. And Sofia Coppola, who directs her own movies. That's something I might want to do when I'm older," she says.

For now, though, she is just trying to get through high school. "It's a lot better than middle school, so that's good," Maude says. "We don't have a uniform, so I try to pick my outfits the night before." A few of her wardrobe staples are floral dresses, pleated skirts, and a beloved pair of navy Dr. Martens. But her favorite clothing cache by far is her mom's closet. "She has the best clothes, and most of the stuff that I wear is hers. We'll go shopping and I'll find a pair of shoes that are too expensive or that I shouldn't be buying, and then she'll get them and I'll wear them. It works out well!"

Living in a house full of girls does have one downside: "My sister wears my clothes now!" Maude exclaims. "She's only ten, but she's really tall and she's my size, so she wears everything, including my underwear. It's so annoying! Sometimes I wear her clothes too, which is weird."

Maude is the first to admit that her rise to Twitter stardom has had a few major benefits. It started, she explains, when Sophia Rossi, one of the cofounders of the girly website hellogiggles.com, reached out to Maude and her best friend, Joanne, about writing blog posts. "I wrote an essay for the site that ended up getting tweeted by Mindy Kaling and posted to Tumblr by Zooey Deschanel, and things just sort of took off from there," she says. Now, she's a regular contributor to the site, interviewing celebs from Simon Cowell to Cody Simpson.

But the biggest perk so far, Maude says, was the opportunity to chat with One Direction for teenvogue.com. "I get really nervous when I'm doing interviews. I didn't want to expect anything, but they turned out to be such nice guys. I was so excited and shaking the whole time, so they might have picked up on that," she says, laughing.

So, who does she hope to put in the hot seat next? "Oh, I don't know, everyone I've met has been so amazing," Maude says. "I get to interview all the cute guys. It's the only way I would get them to talk to me!" It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it.

From the high school hallways to the Twitterverse, everybody loves funny girl Maude Apatow.

"None of my friends really have Twitter. They mainly all have Facebook. I have Facebook too, but I like Twitter more," explains fourteen-year-old high school freshman Maude Apatow. The daughter of Hollywood comedy royalty—writer/director Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann—Maude has become something of a Twitter-lebrity for her funny, honest tweets that cover everything from her feelings about starting high school (ambivalent) to getting her braces off (overjoyed). "I just joined Twitter one day, and within the first week I got 75 followers. I was so excited. Then it just kept going, and now it's like 75,000. It freaks me out sometimes," she says.

In fact, it's more than 83,000 followers and counting. "I used to tweet about people in my grade a lot. Not in a negative way, but just because that's who I'm with all day. And now everyone reads it, so I can't really do that because people will talk about it and say, 'Did you hear Maude tweeted about so-and-so?'"

Of course, the teen is no stranger to the spotlight. Maude has appeared in her dad's movies Knocked Up (the sort-of sequel This Is 40 comes out this Christmas) and Funny People alongside her sister, Iris, and her mom, and she is also a major musical theater enthusiast. "I just love to sing and dance and act," she says. "Being on stage is an amazing feeling."

Maude hopes to eventually follow in the footsteps of her writer, director, and producer dad. "I love writing. I really look up to Lena Dunham, who writes and directs her show [HBO's Girls]. And Sofia Coppola, who directs her own movies. That's something I might want to do when I'm older," she says.

For now, though, she is just trying to get through high school. "It's a lot better than middle school, so that's good," Maude says. "We don't have a uniform, so I try to pick my outfits the night before." A few of her wardrobe staples are floral dresses, pleated skirts, and a beloved pair of navy Dr. Martens. But her favorite clothing cache by far is her mom's closet. "She has the best clothes, and most of the stuff that I wear is hers. We'll go shopping and I'll find a pair of shoes that are too expensive or that I shouldn't be buying, and then she'll get them and I'll wear them. It works out well!"

Living in a house full of girls does have one downside: "My sister wears my clothes now!" Maude exclaims. "She's only ten, but she's really tall and she's my size, so she wears everything, including my underwear. It's so annoying! Sometimes I wear her clothes too, which is weird."

Maude is the first to admit that her rise to Twitter stardom has had a few major benefits. It started, she explains, when Sophia Rossi, one of the cofounders of the girly website hellogiggles.com, reached out to Maude and her best friend, Joanne, about writing blog posts. "I wrote an essay for the site that ended up getting tweeted by Mindy Kaling and posted to Tumblr by Zooey Deschanel, and things just sort of took off from there," she says. Now, she's a regular contributor to the site, interviewing celebs from Simon Cowell to Cody Simpson.

But the biggest perk so far, Maude says, was the opportunity to chat with One Direction for teenvogue.com. "I get really nervous when I'm doing interviews. I didn't want to expect anything, but they turned out to be such nice guys. I was so excited and shaking the whole time, so they might have picked up on that," she says, laughing.

So, who does she hope to put in the hot seat next? "Oh, I don't know, everyone I've met has been so amazing," Maude says. "I get to interview all the cute guys. It's the only way I would get them to talk to me!" It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it.

Fashion Editor: Jessica de Ruiter.

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From the high school hallways to the Twitterverse, everybody loves funny girl Maude Apatow.